diff --git a/testing/test-vscode.sh b/testing/test-vscode.sh
index 9635ef75e..fe99f5a5f 100755
--- a/testing/test-vscode.sh
+++ b/testing/test-vscode.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -x
 set -e
+
+# Install necessary packages with specific versions
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y curl=7.68.0-1ubuntu2.22 libcurl4=7.68.0-1ubuntu2.22 libcurl4-openssl-dev=7.68.0-1ubuntu2.22
+
 # just to make sure: we are in the mongosh root dir
 test -x packages && grep -q '"name": "mongosh"' package.json
 npm -v